That's my boy!
This photo has not been doctored in any way. Just sheer luck.
WARNING: The contents of the photo are PG-13.
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August 17, 2004
August 15, 2004
Chris' birthday list
At my wife's urging, I've created my own birthday list for this year. Buy now, buy often.
iLap - A cool lap stand for my notebook computer that helps dissipate all of the heat generated by the computer. Rain Designs. 15" W model. $49.90
RadTech BT-500 Bluetooth Mouse. A wireless mouse to go with my notebook. RadTech. $54.95
The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Extended Edition DVD This will complete my collection of the LOTR Extended Edition movies. It's not released yet, but hopefully it will be in time.
Powerbook Power Adapter. An extra power adapter for my notebaak. $39.99
iTunes Gift Certificate. A great way to buy music online. Legally.
Alaska
Last Wednesday was my last day at Starbright and Thursday morning Damon and I left for a couple of days in Anchorage visiting my brother and his family.
We were a little late getting to LAX Thursday morning, we had about an hour and ten minutes before the flight left. It took us almost 40 minutes to get checked in and as we were nearing the front of the line, I smelled that Damon had filled up his pants. Since we were so close to the front, I didn't want to get out of line to change his diaper. As we were coming up to the security checkpoint, I heard them calling "all rows" to board our flight. As I picked him up out of his carseat to go through security and realized that he had blown out his diaper. No time to stop though, so we just kept going.
We sat down in our seats and I asked the flight attendant if I had time to change Damon's diaper. She said yes. So I took Damon in to change him and he had a super-colossal blowout. Poo everywhere. While I'm cleaning everything up, I hear the front of the plane asking if the aft cabin was secure. "Aft cabin NOT secure" was the response. Yikes, gotta hurry. They ask again, "Aft cabin NOT secure". Finally I get everything cleaned up and get back to my seat. No sooner had I sat down when I heard "Aft cabin secure". Then we waited another ten minutes before we could leave.
During the flight, I decided to be proactive and I started making a bottle for Damon prior to him actually needing it. I had the bottle on the tray table with the formula powder and water in it, and then I accidentally knocked the bottle off the tray table and INTO the diaper bag and all over my computer bag. Now all of his dry things in the diaper bag weren't dry any more.
The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful and through the whole thing Damon was a champ.
Here are some photos that we took while we were there...
For those of you who don't believe it gets warm in Alaska, here's Grace playing in the sprinkler at 8:00 at night.
August 3, 2004
The baby that laughs at soap stars
We were playing with Damon tonight on his changing table and tickled him and he started laughing, which was a first. Fortunately for you we had the presence of mind to run and grab the video camera. Click Here to download and watch the movie. On slower connections it might take a few minutes to download, so be patient.
Also, last week I took Damon into the office for the day one last time. While we were at lunch, someone at our table spotted a soap actress - Jill from the Young and the Restless. Not being one that watches soaps, I had no idea who she was, but the people I was with thought it would be fun to get Damon's picture taken with a celeb. Here's the photo:
